separability

separability. Copyright. An element of various judicial tests used to determine whether a design in a functional article is a copyrightable work of applied art, or an uncopyrightable industrial design, the test being based on whether the beholder separates the work’s artistic appearance from its useful function. • Some courts use a strict physical separability test, but most look at whether the work’s two roles are conceptually separate. [Cases: Copyrights and Intellectual Property

4. C.J.S. Copyrights and Intellectual Property §§ 9–10, 16.]

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双语律师Wayne，国际知名法学院法律专业，擅长翻译各类与遗产及遗嘱争议相关的法律文件。